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WILLIAM RIMKE, OF JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGN OR OF ONE-HALF TO FRED RIMKE, OF CIIASKA, MINNESOTA.

COMBINED TRUNK AND DRESSER.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application filed October 13, 1906. Serial No. 338,798-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM RIMKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jefferson City, in the county of Cole and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Combined Trunk and Dresser, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to trunks and has for its objects to provide a comparatively simple, inexpensive device of this character which may be readily converted into a combined wardrobe and dresser, one wherein the parts of the device may be conveniently 1nanipulated in adaptingit for its different purposes, and one in which the capacity of the device when utilized as a trunk will not be materially afl'ected.

WVith these and other objects in view, the invention comprises the novel features of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a trunk embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical, transverse section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front elevation, showing the device converted into a wardrobe and dresser. Fig. 4 is a vertical, transverse section taken on a line centrally through Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an elevation showing a modified arrangement of the arts of the device. Fig. 6 is a view of the oard which forms the top of the dresser. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail sectional view, showing the manner of detachably engaging the front wall of the trunk with the bottom thereof. Fig. 8 is a detail view, showing the manner of hanging the doors.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the trunk, which is of box-like form, comprises a bottom 1, a front wall 2 and a rear wall 3, to the upper edge of which there is hinged or otherwise secured a foldable sec tion 4 in turn having hinged thereto a fold able section 5 which, together with the section 4, constitutes a cover for the trunk, there being sustained in the trunk a plurality of removable receptacles or drawers 6 terminating at their rear ends short of the wall 3 to form a compartment 7 and having disposed at their forward ends a removable section or board 8, which is included in and forms a part of the front wall of the trunk.

I-Iinged to the upper edges of the end walls 9 of the trunk are foldable sections 10 adapt ed to normally fold onto the outer faces of the walls 9 and to be retained in folded conchtion through the medium of substantially L- shaped engaging cli )s 11 attached to the sections 5 and S, of which the latter has in its normally inner face and at its upper edge a longitudinal recess 12 which receives a fold able, ornamental scroll piece 13, there being disposed at intervals along the lower edge of the section 8 a series of engaging members or hooks 14 adapted for engagement with pins 15 arranged 111 recesses 16 provided in the bottom for detachably engaging the section 8 therewith, while arranged within the compartment 7 is a pair of doors 17 hinged respectively to members or stiles 18 having at their outer longitudinal edges spaced engaging hooks 19 adapted for engagement with pins 20 arranged in recesses 21 formed at appropriate points in the foldable sections 10, while arranged in the front faces of the doors 17 are mirror panels 22.

Carried by the foldable section 5, which is provided with a hand piece 23, is a has 24 adapted for engagement with a lock 25 ixed on the section 8, while secured to the foldable end sections 10 are hand cars 26 which may be utilized in the usual manner for handling the trunk.

In practice, when the parts of the device are arranged as in Figs. 1 and 2 to form a trunk, the doors 17 are housed within the compartment 7 in rear of the drawers 6, while the sections 4 and 5 are normally folded as in Fig. 2 to form a top or closure for the trunk, the section 8 being under these conditions disposed at the front of the drawers and detachably engaged with the bottom 1 through the medium of the engaging hooks 14, while the scroll section 13 is folded into the recess 12. lVhen it is desired to convert the device into awardrobe or dresser, as in Figs. 3 and 4, the sections 4 and 5 are first turned upward to the position seen in Fig. 4, in line with the rear wall 3, after which the section 8 is detached and the end sections 10 folded vertically upward in line with the end walls 9, af ter which the section 8 is positioned to form the top of the dresser and the strips or stiles 18 having the doors 17 hinged thereto are engaged through themedium of the hooks 19 men, the end sections may be arranged in door with one wall of the dresser.

and pins with the end sections 10, the scroll section 13 being finally unfolded, as in Fig. 3, to give the dresser a finished appearance.

Under certain conditions, such, for example, as when the device is used by traveling horizontal position, as seen in Fig. 5, and sustained in such position through the medium of the strips 18, thus forming a table on which the contents of the trunk may be conveniently displayed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a combined trunk and dresser, a box or receptacle comprising a bottom, end walls and front and rear walls, foldable sections at tached to and for forming a vertical extension of the rear wall, a removable section included in the front Wall and adapted for use as a top for the dresser, means on said section for holding the foldable end sections in folded condition, a door for the dresser adapted to be normally housed within the receptacle, and means for detachably connecting the 2. In a combined trunk or dresser, a box or receptacle comprising a bottom, end walls and front and rear walls, a plurality of drawers removably sustained in the receptacle, a removable section disposed at the front of said drawers and detachably engaged with the bottom and adapted for use as a top for the dresser, foldable end sections attached to the end walls, means on the removable sec tion for holding said end sections in folded condition, a foldable section attached to and for forming a vertical extension of the rear wall, a door for the front of the dresser, and means for detachably securing the door in place.

3. In a combined trunk and dresser, a box or receptacle comprising a bottom, end walls and front and rear walls, said bottom being provided at its forward edge with recesses, pins arranged in said recesses, foldable end sections attached to the end walls, a foldable section attached to and forming a vertical extension of the rear Wall, a removable front section adapted for use as a top for the dresser, engaging members on said front section adapted for engagement with the pins to detachably secure the section in place, means on the front section for holding the end sections in folded condition, a door for the dresser normally housed in the receptacle, and means for detachably securing the door in place.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WVILLIAM RIMKE.

Witnesses:

GEO. R. GILVIN, E. G. FORD. 

